The Higher Education Commission has ranked the Government
College University (GCU) Lahore as the best university in Lahore for
producing 282 research papers in 2009, placing it on the 5th position in the
ranking among all public and private sector universities of the country.

A GCU press statement issued here on Monday claimed that
the University of Punjab was placed one step below the GCU with 269
publications, while the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
(UVAS) was ranked 12th with 101 research publications. The University of
Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore was on 20th position with 52
publications.

The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) got
22nd position with barely 42 publications while the Lahore College for Women
University, King Edward Medical University and the University of Health
Sciences secured 30th, 36th and 42nd positions respectively. The HEC has
ranked all public and private universities on the basis of research
publications which appeared in peer-reviewed journals indexed by
Thomas-Reuters, lSI Web of Knowledge during 2009.

Expressing contentment at this achievement, GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Khalid
Aftab said that the future of the country was in the hands of bright and
productive scientists and research scholars. He recalled that the HEC had
placed GCU at the 6th position among all private and public sector
universities in 2009 with 154 research publications.

20-07-2010

Research papers GCU ranked best varsity in Lahore

The Higher Education Commission has ranked the Government
College University, Lahore, as the best university in Lahore among all
public and private sector universities for producing 282 research papers in
peer-reviewed journals in 2009.

Among all public and private sector universities in
Pakistan, it has bagged the fifth position.

A GCU spokesman said that the universitiesí ranking issued
by the HEC showed that in Lahore, the Punjab University followed GCU with
269 publications.

The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences ranked
12th with 101 research publications, while the University of Engineering and
Technology stood at 20th position with 52 publications.

The Lahore University of Management Sciences produced 42
research papers and secured 22nd place. The Lahore College for Women
University, King Edward Medical University and the University of Health
Sciences secured 30th, 36th and 42nd position in the ranking.

He said the HEC had ranked all public and private
universities on the basis of research publications which appeared in
peer-reviewed journals indexed by Thomas-Reuters, lSI Web of Knowledge
during 2009.

The database of ISI Web of Knowledge used for this analysis
are Science Citation Index (SCI-Expanded), Social Science Citation Index (SSCI),
and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI).

20-07-2010

GCU RANKED TOP UNIVERSITY IN LAHORE

LAHORE: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has ranked the Government
College University Lahore as the best university in the provincial capital
for producing 282 research papers in 2009, besides placing it on the 5th
position in the ranking among all public and private sector universities of
the country, according to an official statement issued on Monday. According
to the statement, in the eighth year of its inception, the GCU has outshined
some of the finest and oldest universities of Lahore in the public and
private sectors such as the University of Punjab, which was placed one step
beneath GCU with 269 publications. staff report